Toy



e. N. HALL.

-TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 1920.

1,437,972, Patented Dec. 5,1922.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

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Application iuedaui is,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that Gnonen N. HALL, a citi- Zenof the United States of America, residing at Council Bluffs, in thecounty of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, has invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. y

The invention relates to mechanical'toys or toy motion figures, whereinfigures of various kinds are used and has for its ob ect to provide asimple mechanical device for operating the figures, causing them tosimulate the motions 01 running, bucking, kicking, skating, turning anddancing etc.

A further object is to provide a mechanical toy comprising an uprightlever pivoted or hinged near its lower end in a base and normally heldin, a vertical position by a spring, and to provide means adapted tocooperate with the lower end of the lever so as to cause the figurecarried by the lever to simulate the desired motion.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings described and claimed, it being understood that changesinthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toy.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view of the lower end of the pivotedlever showing a modified form of operating means.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the pivoted levershowing a further modified form of operating means.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a base, and 2 acasing carried thereby. Pivotally mounted on a shaft 3. extendingtransversely of the chamber of the casing 2 is a vertically disposedlever 4, to the upper end'of which is detachably secured as at 5 afigure of a dog, said figure being designated by the numeral 6. Thefigure of a dog is shown simply for purposes of illustration and itis tobe understood that the figuremay be of various animals, men, etc., forinstance, the figure may repre sent a man having pivoted to the body1920. Serial No. 395,899.

thereof, legs, which legs may have representation of roller skates, sothat the figure will simulate skating; ordancing, it being understoodthat the particular kind of figure and the particular'motion imparted tothe same may be varied as desired. -.The lever 4 isfpret'erably held invertical position by means of a spring'7, which spring has its portion 8which is coiled, disposed on the shaft 8, one arm of the spring 7 whichis designated by the numeral 9 being in engagement with the casing 2,while the other-arm 10 engages the right angled portion 11 of the lever4. Right angle portion 11 is in a horizontal plane and isiada'pted to beengaged bv lugs 12 carriedby-rotatable disc 13. which disc'is rotatablymounted in the chamber of the casing 2 and is rotated by means of acrank 14.

It will be seen that when the disc 13 is rotated in the direction of thearrow at that the lugs 12 will. intermittently engage the portion 11 ofthe lever 4, and cause, in combination with the action of the spring 7an oscillation of the upper end of the lever 4. The figure 6 beingcarried by the upper end of the lever 4 will also be caused tooscillate, which oscillation will cause its pivoted legs 6 to swingbackwardly and forwardly so that the figure will simulate the action ofrunning, bucking, where a horse is used; also kicking where a horse isused. If the figure is that of a skater, a skating action will besimulated; that of a dancer,'a=

dancing action, and a turning action may be also simulated in dancing,if so desired. It has been found that the oscillation when appliedvigorously and abruptly, causes the figures with heads,'legs, arms,etc., pivotally attached to very clearly simulate the desired life likemotions or movements.

The engagement of the lower end of the pivoted member 4 may be by apitman arm or lever pivotally connected or otherwise attached at or nearthe lower end and by either pressing the lever 15, shown in the modifiedform in Figure 2 or pulling the pitman 16 as shown in Figure 3thedesired oscillating rotating reciprocal motion may degrees. Thus thefigure has been carried back and forward approximately a distance of 90to 100 degrees.

The figures representing men, animals, etc., may be constructed of anysuitable material, such for instance as fibre, Wood or metal, butpreferably of" sheet metal. The

' limbs, heads and other parts to be pivotally or fixedly attached, aswill best assist in obtaining the desired motions. The figures may beattached pivot-ally, rigidly or detachably to the upright lever.However, by providing detachable means, carried by the body of thefigure, various figures may be used as desired. If it is desired to havea multiple of figures for various purposes, for instance in racingfigures, the mechanisms may be placed in multiples. The operatingmechanism may be of any kind, that is, manual or power, however forpurposes of illustration a crank 1a is shown.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isA toy comprising a base, a shaft disposed in said base, and horizontallydisposed, a vertically disposed lever pivotally mounted on said shaft,said lever being pivoted at a point spaced from its ends, a horizontallydisposed integral arm carried by the lower end of the lever, a springfor normally holding said lever in vertical position, said spring beingcoiled around the shaft, one end of the spring engaging the horizontallydisposed arm at the lower end of the lever, the other end of the springbeing held by a portion of the base, a rotatable wheel being providedwith lugs rotatably mounted in the base, said lugs being so positionedthat when the Wheel is rotated they will intermittently engage thehorizontally disposed arm of the lever and cause the lever to oscillate,a figure carried by the upper end of the pivoted lever, and means forrotating the wheel as desired.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

GEO. N. HALL.

